The VTB United League President Sergey Kushchenko participated in the gala game at SPIEF.
On June 7, BC Zenit together with RK Sport, the Roscongress Foundation sports platform, held a traditional basketball gala game as part of the sports program of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2024.
For the third year in a row, the Roscongress Cup was held at CSC Arena in the format of the traditional confrontation between St. Petersburg and Moscow. Representatives of business, art and culture, famous players of the past and present, heads of state-owned companies, leagues and federations participated.
Other famous participants: Chairman of the Management Board of FC Zenit and Chairman of the Board of Directors of BC Zenit Aleksandr Medvedev; Zenit BC General Manager Aleksandr Tserkovsky; member of the Board of Directors of BC Zenit and President of the St. Petersburg Basketball Federation Pavel Oderov; VTB United League champion with Zenit Sergey Monia; Zenit players, who won the Russian Cup and VTB United League bronze medals this season; Executive Director of the Student Basketball Association, a long-time League partner Sergey Kriukov.
For the first time, famous Zenit basketball fans biathlete Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht and Mariinsky Theater soloist Darya Ionova played basketball at SPIEF.
The gala game was between the teams from St. Petersburg and Moscow and ended 74:73. Sergey Karasev (25 points) and Sergey Monia (23) were the top scorers for the winners. Juwan Morgan and Sergey Bykov scored 16 points each for the Moscow team. The VTB United League President was recognized the most valuable player of the game.
Sergey Kushchenko, VTB United League President:
«It is a very important tradition to organise big sporting events at SPIEF in football, hockey, running and, of course, basketball. It is very important that it takes place in St. Petersburg at a forum that gathers a colossal number of businessmen, politicians, various levels of officials, big sports executives and companies that finance sports. This is the best way to play basketball and discuss – in locker rooms, on benches, behind the scenes – investments and projects related to sports and basketball in our case».
